The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16
LITTLE ROCKS FIRE.
Flames Not Yet Extinguished.
The Burned District Presents a
Desolato Picture.
4,o73 the Number Of Bales of Cot
ton Consumed.
All Losses on tho Staple Covered
by Insurance.
A Corrected List of the Insurance
Companies Against Which Poll
cies Are Held. with Amounts
OF Individual Losers.
snc.lnl nl.nnlch TO Tho Arnonl.

Special Dispatch To the Appeal
Ll1rLr Rock, Ark, Nov. Is. The fire
department has been busy all day keeping
the flames in check In the partially burned
bales Of cotton Of yesterdays fire. The
district over which the fire rode riot pre-
sents an uninyiling appearance, Below is
u corrected list of LOSSES as estimated and
corrected by insurance agents. Eefy
cndcayor was used To get the
list last night, hut those in possession Of
the facts were too busy with more impor-
unt matters To give the subject their at
tcnton. Tonight il is almost sitting TO
walk on the streets of the city, tho
smoke having settled like u pail every
where There were 3,i7l bales of cotton
in the compress warehouse, oi which about
| 500 belonged to the Little Rock x
Memphis railway company, or rather Was
in trnst over their line, 500 bales 10
Smith n Co., 200 bales to J. W. Deshon,
$50 bales To Howell X Co., TOO
bales Ia Fred Hanger The balance was
divided among the cotton buyers of this
city, Mr. H. a. Douglas had considerable
cotton there, hut did not know how much
. =
Martin had about TOO bales DESTROYED al
together ia his two houses, thus making
/ total ul 1913 bales burned, valued at ~
/ least S2in.OOO. The LOSSES are FULLY COW
cred hy insurance IA the following cont
/ panic, German American. 81, Goa, Southern
/ y 900 Imperial. s.. iUp Imperial. slO.UOO,
/ Northern. 5000 Home ui New York,
/ 81. uOO: Crescent ui New Orleans. $1,000
/ German ol New York. 5000. Commercial
l Union, S.,OOn. ~. PAUL ut -. Paul, Mimi,
, $1,000. Gcrmanl oi Fpcport, 5000;
/ prnnsylNluia ul Philadelphia, S,WE;
North British Mercantile. Sl3OO;
Liverpool >lSOpO. Phoenix uf luokiNn,
~ .'O1; london aud Lancashire, sl0,W0,
Connecticut ot Hartford. ~ 500 .Eina,
~, 900, American Central, $1,000, Anglo-
Nevada Insurance corporation Sli,WO.
llib,mm, SlO. 800. New OrlCln. insurance
us.r,iaii"n, 5000. Arkansas iirr insurance
company, -3,UDH Southern ui New az
lvnu-, l,NNl, Continental, - 800, 'i'i"us',
s3ON, sun MUTUAL. ri.On -.
smith Co had polirics 20, i"l-
low. Commercial luiuu Ell England.
5000 Suu u New Orleans, ~i.ruU NV
/ York IndrrWriicE 5000. Hartford, Ut
llHulorl. 5000. National ui llHnioru,
|.u1 Springfield ol Massachusetts $3.50;
Pelican ui Sew Orleans. -. UlO. Union.
Ul New Icalud. $1,000 Commercial
ui California. $1,000. Tho romprss
warehouse WIS valued at so uOu. insur-
uurc in New lotS inlly. The Nhlctic
dissertation building was valued at ,S,On
Insured ior 1000. us follows Continental,
- 600 Insurance Company ul Moth
America. $1,000. tp-ccnt ol New
Orleans. slUO, and Home II
New York. $1,000 Mr. Charles I. Mar
b tins new Nuphuu.u N.f- valued 40 ~ 40,
anil insured lor only ~1.uUO, IN iho
b llnrmiu. The old carriage factory hc.
| lungci tu M III Parker. aud was valued
I NJ sNWp asi insured iur s2,Ou ia
/ the View York Underwriters and ,2,UoO
in thr National II Hartford H." losses
Won, distributed Among ihr different u7u.
/ Gle, hrr,us follows Alnms a BOYLE. -lhi.-
uO. Marshall * Al'is. go 'uu, Irl.ll'h X
: BENDER - iuu. Guazi D Laugh, sauuuOi
William CahUpu $4,000.